"move on" meaning in English

See move on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-move on.ogg Forms: moves on [present, singular, third-person], moving on [participle, present], moved on [participle, past], moved on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move on (third-person singular simple present moves on, present participle moving on, simple past and past participle moved on)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue, to proceed, to go on Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Related terms: get a move on, get over, make a move on, move in on, on the move, put moves on
    Sense id: en-move_on-en-verb-urTa8QUO
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to start dealing with something else): siirtyä eteenpäin (Finnish), passer à autre chose (French), továbblép (Hungarian), lapoz (Hungarian), áttér (Hungarian), passare oltre (Italian), продвигаться (prodvigatʹsja) (Russian), başka konuya geçmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-move_on-en-verb-0VwUXTv~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 64 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 28 60 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 53 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 63 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 73 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 50 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 53 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 53 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 50 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 56 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 50 24 Disambiguation of 'to start dealing with something else': 3 95 2
  3. (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another. Tags: idiomatic, informal, transitive Translations (to leave somewhere for another place): jatkaa (Finnish), προχωρώ (prochoró) (Greek), συνεχίζω (synechízo) (Greek), továbbmegy (Hungarian), továbbhalad (Hungarian), ayrılmak, başka yere gitmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-move_on-en-verb-~uqilulj Disambiguation of 'to leave somewhere for another place': 14 6 81

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:",
          "text": "Moving on again, I catch another GWR Class 802 bound for Oxford via the Cotswold Line.",
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          "ref": "2021, Olivia Rodrigo (lyrics and music), “good 4 u”, in SOUR:",
          "text": "Well, good for you, I guess you moved on really easily / You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks",
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        "To start dealing with something else."
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else."
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          "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
          "word": "továbblép"
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          "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
          "word": "lapoz"
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          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
          "word": "áttér"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
          "word": "passare oltre"
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          "_dis1": "3 95 2",
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          "roman": "prodvigatʹsja",
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          "word": "продвигаться"
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        "(idiomatic, transitive, informal) To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another."
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          "word": "jatkaa"
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          "roman": "prochoró",
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          "roman": "synechízo",
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          "word": "továbbhalad"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
          "word": "ayrılmak, başka yere gitmek"
        }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
      "word": "jatkaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prochoró",
      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
      "word": "προχωρώ"
    },
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
      "word": "továbbhalad"
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      "sense": "to leave somewhere for another place",
      "word": "ayrılmak, başka yere gitmek"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "siirtyä eteenpäin"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "passer à autre chose"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "továbblép"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "lapoz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "áttér"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "passare oltre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodvigatʹsja",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "продвигаться"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to start dealing with something else",
      "word": "başka konuya geçmek"
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  "word": "move on"
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